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Note that the Activity sheet: Rights and wants provides an introduction to this activity. Provide students with a copy of the (child friendly version) Convention on the Rights of the Child (available at: http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp). Depending on knowledge levels, some discussion or overview may be required.

The aim of this activity is to introduce students to the issues that faced children who were kept in Australian Immigration Detention Centres prior to the policy change in 2005.

Read through the following quotes. These are things that asylum seeker children told the Australian Human Rights Commission about their time in Australian immigration detention centres.

Access an activity that provides examples of when the rights of children have been denied and what action would be appropriate in order to protect them.

back to Voices of Australia Voices of Australia Activities / resources downloads Download complete resource in PDF or Word Introduction PDF or Word 1. Discussion game Activity sheet: Find someone who …. PDF or Word 2. Role play and discussion Resource sheet: Character profiles .... PDF or Word Activity sheet: Find a character who PDF or Word 3. Map and timeline work Resource sheet: World map…

You can complete an activity sheet where you need to find someone who likes Vegemite, has been on a plane, lived in another country and rides a bicycle.

I am both Australian and Lebanese. I have the best of two great cultures. Being part of Middle Eastern societies has taught me the value of family and respect for elders.

Complete an activity sheet where you need to identify a character who came to Australia in 1970 and has a diverse range of experience and interests.

Back to Voices of Australia Voices of Australia - Resource sheet 3 [Download PDF or Word] World map Source SBS World Guide of 2004 © Hardie Grant Publishing http://www.hardiegrant.com.au

Complete the following questions by referring to pages 11-18 in Voices of Australia, History of change - timeline of Australia's race relations (available at: www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/voices/pdf/voices_mlc50dpi.pdf )

You can explore the Voices of Australia activities, which examine life in Australia while considering issues such as discrimination, respect and diversity.

You can complete an educational activity that raises awareness of the laws that help to ensure a harmonious and respectful society for everyone.

Complete an education activity (sheet 5) designed to raise awareness of human rights by giving students a set of questions and answers to match correctly.

Discrimination: Any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference made on a particular basis such as race, religion, national origin which has the purpose or effect of denying recognition, enjoyment, or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and freedoms in society.

Federal system : a political system in which governmental power is shared between a central or federal government having power over the whole country, and regional governments having power over their respective regions. The Australian federal system consists of the division of powers between the Commonwealth parliament and the State parliaments, as set out in the Commonwealth Constitution.

Sales person needed Company seeks young, motivated Asian woman to work in local shoe shop. Must have long, dark hair and a pleasant smile. Single women only. Drivers licence essential. Call 858585.

AN Aboriginal girl who kicked a woman and called her a ``white slut'' did not engage in racial vilification because the slur was common street language.

The complainant, who was originally from Serbia, was employed as a van driver for an Australian Government statutory authority. The complainant alleged that his supervisor made offensive comments about Serbians to him and to others while he was present. For example, the supervisor is alleged to have made comments such as "He is a Serb and Serbs make ethnic cleansing, He might kill you"…

Complete an activity sheet by the Commission that shows how many of us are descended from ancestors who immigrated to Australia.

In and out, in and out always stuck in Don Dale Always been in Darwin, never seen my land Have to see the world and stop wasting my time Always in here for doing the crime. We have to get back to that great big school We need to get ourselves some qualifications and edification We have to get out and get ourselves a job and Get on with our lives in the big wide world. Wanna put my effort into my…